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World's-Fair-Tourists'-flGGOiiiiiiodation 

Association, 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.^^-^ 



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THE WORLD'S FAIR TOURIST 



An Epitome of information and a plan by which 
reliable rooming and other accommodations can be 
secured in advance by those who desire to visit the 
World's Columbian Exposition, to be held in the City 
of Chicago, commencing May ist, 1893, and ending 
Nov. ist, 1893. 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



World's Fair Tourists Accommodation Assn. 



INCORPORATED 

UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



HOME OFFICE: 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 



1892, Copyrighted by D. C. Boley. 



World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation ftss'n. 



DIRECTORS. 

JOHN HARWOLD, WILLARD F. HOLMES, DAN'L C. BOLEY, 

JAS. V. WHITE, FERDINAND SHAW. 



OFFICERS. 

JOHN HARWOLD, Prest. DAN'L C. BOLEY, Vice-Prest and Gen'l Mgr. 

FERDINAND SHAW, Sec'y, WILLARD F. HOLMES, Treas. 



TRANSFER DEPARTMENTS. 

HERMAN FREDENHAUSER, Manager, - Home Office, Chicago, 111. 

EASTERN , DEPARTMENT. 
GEORGE J. WEST, Manager, .... New York. 

SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT. 

JOHN T. HURST, Manager, .... - New Orleans, La. 

WESTERN DEPARTMENT. 
GEO. WOLF, Manager, ..... San Francisco, Cal. 

NORTHERN DEPARTMENT. 

JAMES BREWER, Manager, - Minneapolis, Minn. 



RAILROAD DEPARTMENT. 

GEO. B. SMEAD, Manager, - - - Home Office, Chicago, In. 



ROOMING AND HOTEL DEPARTMENT. 

WILLIAM E. JACKSON, Manager, - - - Home Office, Chicago, 111. 



LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 

Counsel for Associates and Members. 



BUREAU OF ACCOMMODATIONS. 

WILLIAM BOHN, Manager. - - - Exposition Grounds, Chicago. 

This Bureau is divided into nine departments. Each department is under 

competent managers. 



CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN 

EXPOSITION. 

Every one wishes to visit Chicago and the World's Columbian 
Exposition. Of the sixty-two million of people in the United States 
a very considerable proportion will do this. Visitors from abroad 
will number hundreds of thousands. Those who have sojourned 
in large cities in times of great crowds understand how difficult it 
is to obtain comfortable lodgings and proper attention, and visitors 
at the Centennial and Paris Expositions recall many sad failures in 
their efforts to obtain the absolute necessities of even a brief stay. 
Those who have never had such experiences will bear in mind that 
whoever depends upon his own unaided ability to secure lodgings 
and attention will be most likely to take up with poor accommoda- 
tions, extortion in all kinds of service, and a loss of nearly every- 
thing that goes to make a pleasant time. Even advance orders 
will be at the mercy of strangers and the pressure brought about 
by such enormous crowds. 

While new hotels are being erected in Chicago, it is known 
that at all World's Expositions accommodations are engaged long 
in advance, and, as a matter of fact, there are thousands of rooms 
engaged at hotels and boarding houses of the better class and paid 
for at this date. On September 7th, 1891, Col. Elliott F. Shep- 
herd, of the New York Mail and Express, engaged at the Audi- 
torium Hotel a suite of sixteen rooms, with board, for six months 
during the Fair, at a contract price of twenty-five thousand dollars. 

In all such times prices are doubled and accommodations are 
diminished; extortion cannot be prevented by visitors, and the 
avarice of hotel and lodging-house keepers frequently makes of 
what should be a visit of pleasure a time of hardship. 



With these facts in sight, it is refreshing to know that arrange- 
ments can be made for a visit to the World's Columbian Exposi- 
tion, whereby one will have good rooming accommodations secured 
in advance and have a reliable association to look after your wants 
and save you much valuable time and money through its admirable 
organized Bureau of Accommodation, which will remove all the 
burdens of the visit, and that nothing need stand in the way of a 
pleasant time. 

Realizing the demand of the public for a reliable company to 
cover all the points just referred to, the World's Fair Tourists' Ac- 
commodation Association was incorporated under the laws of the 
State of Illinois, for the purposes set forth in its charter, to wit : 
Furnishing transportation and all accommodations to travelers and 
tourists; acquiring, managing and operating hotel and restaurants. 

This Association enables persons residing at a distance from 
Chicago to visit the World's Columbian Exposition with a mini- 
mum of trouble and expense, and to provide for its members ac- 
commodations, information, and all requisites for such visits, and 
free them from all annoyance, extortion, and disappointment in the 
matter. 

The Association proposes to furnish its members with good 
rooms (and at prices which we are certain will be 50 to 100 per 
cent, higher when the Exposition opens) and reception of its mem- 
bers at depot by uniformed employes, who will furnish members 
with information, etc., and the benefits of the Bureau of Accommo- 
dations near the entrance to the grounds, which will consist of the 
following departments: Waiting, Writing, and Check rooms, with 
lavatories and attendants; Information, Entertainment, Purchasing, 
Mail, Telegraph, Telephone and Registration, Legal, Complaint, 
and R. R. Departments. 

A careful consideration of our system of securing rooms will 
satisfy the most skeptical that it will give the Association an op- 
portunity to secure the best ro ) ns in the city, a;id eiable us to get 
better rates, owing to the fact that we make leases for each and 



every day during the Exposition, and guarantee to pay for the 
rooms, if occupied or not. The Association does not contract for 
rooms at one price and charge members a profit, but receives a 
small per cent on the prices fixed by our Inspector from the owner 
of the rooms. This amount is allowed as payment for our trouble 
and chances we take of being compelled to pay for rooms when 
not occupied. The expenses are arranged on a basis of handling 
many thousands of people, and the cost is thus reduced to a minimum. 
The members of the Association can rely on getting a substan- 
tial return for their investment. 

THE PLAN OF THE WORLD'S FAIR TOURISTS' 
ACCOMMODATION ASSOCIATION 

has provided for two classes of members: One class is known as 
the " Limited Membership," and the other as " Full Member- 
ship." 

LIMITED MEMBERSHIP. 

Cost: A fee of $3.00. The xAssociation agrees to secure the 
member a room for the number of days, and at such price as 
may be designated in the application; this membership fee entitles the 
member, not only to the services of the Association in securing a 
room, but also to the benefits of the Mail, Telegraph, Registration 
and Railroad Departments, which are fully explained under their 
respective heads. 

FIFTEEN DAYS' NOTICE. 

Members are required to give at least fifteen days' notice of the 
time when they shall require the room. 

Payments for rooms must be made by draft on Chicago, and 
must accompany the notice fixing the date when the room will be 
required. Upon receipt of application the member will be fur- 
nished with a conditional Limited Certificate of Membership. 

The Association agrees to send to such limited members, upon 
receipt of notice, fixing the date for the occupancy of room, ac- 



companied by draft for the amount of room rent, a full description 
of the location of room, giving the line of transportation from depot 
to room, also lines of transportation from room to Exposition 
grounds and to the different parts of the city; also to mail a paid 
Limited Membership Certificate and order for a room, and a re- 
ceipt in full for the same. Membership fee must accompany appli- 
cation. Membership Certificates and Contracts are transferable. 

APPLICATIONS 
Must state the price per day of room desired. 

FULL MEMBERSHIP. 

Cost: A fee of $5.00. 

The Association agrees to secure a room for the number of 
days and at the price named in application, and furnish the follow- 
ing accommodations: 

Reception at depot, benefits of Bureau of Accommodation 
at the Exposition grounds, which consist of the following: Wait- 
ing, Writing and Check rooms, Information, Entertainment, Pur- 
chasing, Mail, Telegraph, Telephone, Registration, Legal, and 
R. R. Departments, which are fully explained under each of their 
respective heads. 

Payments for rooms must be made by draft on Chicago, and 
must accompany the notice fixing the date when the room will be 
required. 

Upon receipt of application, members will be furnished with a 
conditional Certificate of Membership. 

The Association agrees to send to such full members, upon 
receipt of notice, fixing the date for the occupancy of room, ac- 
companied by draft for the amount of room rent, a full description 
of the location of room, giving the line of transportation from depot 
to room, also lines of transportation from room to Exposition 
grounds and to the different parts of the city; also to mail a paid 
Full Membership Certificate and order for a room, and a re- 



ceipt in full for the same. Membership fee must accompany appli- 
cation. Membership Certificates and Contracts are transferable. 

FIFTEEN DAYS NOTICE. 

Members are required to give at least fifteen days' notice of the 
time they shall require the rooms. 

PAY IN ADVANCE. 

It is a well known fact that there are two essential conditions in 
securing rooms in advance. When will you require the rooms, 
and for how long a time? And will you be sure to take them 
when the time arrives? 

The party renting rooms requires these points to be fixed be- 
yond a possibility of a doubt. You are required to name the num- 
ber of days you wish the room, and fix the date upon which you 
will take possession, and pay cash in advance for it. 

To the first condition, there is this objection at this early day: 
You may not be able to state the date upon which you will make 
the trip and require the rooms. 

To the second condition you object to paying in advance. You 
have no surety that the party will be in business by the time you 
require your accommodations. 

Another objection to securing accommodations in advance (un- 
less you are familiar with the house) is that you must depend 
entirely upon the honesty and integrity of the interested party as 
to the location and class. 

In dealing with this Association the above objections are over- 
come, and you are assured that we have no selfish motives to 
serve, except to increase our membership, and this we can only do 
by fair treatment of our members. 

By careful consideration of the system of this Association you 
will see that it will be of great advantage to you to become a 
member. 



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SYSTEM OF SECURING ROOMS. 

All parties who are desirous of leasing their rooms to the Asso- 
ciation must make application upon blanks furnished for that pur- 
pose. The applicant shall state in the application the general 
character of location, furnishings and service, nearest trans- 
portation to the Exposition grounds, number of inside, outside, and 
hall rooms, size, etc.; price for the same; state if the property is 
owned or leased; if leased, term of lease and name of owner. 
Upon the receipt of application, our Inspector will visit the prem- 
ises and make his report on the same, fixing prices, etc. If an 
agreement can be reached, the Association will enter into a con- 
tract to take all of the rooms at the price agreed upon, and for a 
period of 183 days, commencing May 1st, 1893, and ending No- 
vember 1st, 1893; also to make payment ^for the rooms in advance. 
The owner of rooms agrees to allow the Association 10 per cent, 
from the amount . of rent fixed for each room as payment for ser- 
vices rendered in finding occupants and making collections. The 
Association has adopted this plan to avoid speculation or clashing 
of interest, and as the most equitable to all parties. The Associa- 
tion charge a fee for inspecting and reporting on rooms. 

TERMS ON WHICH ROOMS ARE LEASED. 

The Association wishes it understood by all applicants who de- 
sire to lease rooms, that the payment of inspection fee does not 
guarantee the leasing of rooms, but if an inspector's report con- 
forms to the statement filed by owner, the Association will take 
the rooms; hence we advise all applicants to make their statements 
as moderate as possible, as this will enable the Association to form 
some idea as to the possibility of taking the rooms, therefore noth- 
ing will be gained by exaggeration, as our inspector knows nothing 
about the statements in application, his report is made up from 
cold facts and is then compared with the statement on file with 
the Association. 



THE ASSOCIATION WILL NOT DOUBLE UP ITS 

MEMBERS. 

The prices of rooms are fixed on the basis of one person to 
each room, and in no case will the Association attempt to double up 
its members, but will quote prices to members who wish to econo- 
mize on rooming rates, but in all such cases the member must 
make up his or her own party, and in the application must state 
how many beds are desired in a room, and if one or two persons are 
to occupy each bed; the prices quoted for rooms for the party will 
be included in the applying member's contract; each one of the 
party must be Limited or Full Members. We adopt this rule as a 
guarantee that the room will be taken. 

For illustration, take a two dollar per day room to be occupied 
by two persons in one bed, we would quote you a rate of $1.25 
for each person per day, or $2.50 per day for room. The same 
class room, large enough for two beds, one person in each bed, we 
would make you a rate of $1.50 for each person, or $3.00 per day 
for the room; if three persons should occupy the room, we would 
quote a rate of $1.33 for each one, per day, or $400 for the room. 
If four persons, two in each bed, would quote you a rate of $1.12^, 
or $4.50 per day for the room. 

MEALS. 

We have excluded meals from our room rates, as a large per- 
centage of people prefer to eat their meals where it is most con- 
venient. 

CLASS OF ROOMS LEASED. 

The Association will lease rooms in Hotels, Apartment Houses, 
Flats and first-class rooms in Private Residences. 

ROOM NOTICE. 

Members must send the Association a notice at least fifteen 
days prior to the time they shall require the rooms; this notice must 
be accompanied by draft on Chicago for the amount of room rent. 



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This notice is imperative. Without it, it would be useless for this 
or any other Association to attempt to give its members good room- 
ing accommodations. 

Persons who will give the matter consideration will admit that 
in a city of the size of Chicago it would be impracticable for any 
Association to attempt to locate four or five thousand people in any 
one day without prior notice of their arrival, and rooms secured in 
advance. No individual or association can afford to let rooms lay 
idle during the World's Columbian Exposition for a single day. 

To absolutely control rooms, they must be guaranteed and 
paid for if occupied or not, hence the system adopted by this Asso- 
ciation will be recognized as the true principle upon which associa- 
tions of this nature must operate. 

MONTHLY DEPOSITS. 

The Association desires to have all of its members visit the 
Columbian Exposition, and it realizes the fact that it will be quite a 
hardship for many to spare the money at one time to cover the 
expenses of the trip, hence we suggest the idea of depositing in 
your home bank sufficient each month, so that by the time the Ex- 
position opens you will have accumulated money enough to cover 
the expense of the trip. When you make your deposit, take a 
Time Certificate of Deposit, payable any time after the 15th of 
April, 1893; by so doing you control your own money, and cannot 
use it for any other purpose until that time. 

ABSOLUTELY SECURE. 

The system adopted by the Association guarantees to the public 
that they can rely upon having their contracts carried out to the 
letter. For this purpose the Association has filed with the Chicago 
Trust and Savings Bank a bond in the sum of $50,000 in good 
collateral security. This is sufficient guarantee that members will 
not be imposed upon. For verification of this we refer you to the 
Chicago Trust and Savings Bank. 



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ROOM RATES. 

Prices for rooms will be governed entirely by the classification. 
This classification is made upon the location, furnishings, and ser- 
vice. Rates will range from $1.50 per day to $5.00. The classi- 
fication is fixed by our own inspector. 

IDENTIFICATION. 

Members should always have their Certificate of Membership, 
and be prepared to present same; by so doing, they will be certain 
to receive proper attention from our employes. 

CLUBS. 

Where a number of persons from the same community are 
desirous of making up a party to visit the Exposition, and desire 
to be located together, the Association is prepared to arrange for 
them. In all such cases we will find a location where they can have 
their quarters in the same building, and, if desired, in adjoining rooms. 

RECEPTION AT DEPOT. 

Uniformed employes, bearing name of the Association, will 
meet holders of Membership Certificates at the depot, and give our 
members any additional information they may desire. 

BUREAU OF ACCOMMODATIONS, 

will be maintained near the entrance to the Exposition grounds for 
the exclusive use of our members, consisting of the following de- 
partments : 

Waiting Rooms, 

Writing Rooms, 

Check Rooms, 

Information Department, 

Entertainment Department, 

Purchasing Department, 

Telegraph, Mail, Telephone and Register Dep't, 

Complaint Department, 

Legal Department, 

Railroad Department, 

Guide Department, 



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WAITING ROOMS 

For ladies and gentlemen will be maintained at the Bureau of Ac- 
commodations. These rooms will be large and commodious, and 
finished with all modern improvements, lavatory, etc., and elabor- 
ately furnished and provided with all comforts of home. 

Holders of Full Membership Certificates will be entitled to the 
free use of these rooms, and will find it will add much to the pleasure 
of the trip. 

Adjoining the Waiting Room will be found 
WRITING ROOMS, 
furnished with desks, ink, pens and writing material, which are for 
the use of holders of Full Membership Certificates. Members 
will find these rooms quite a convenience. 

CHECK ROOMS 

will be maintained at the Bureau, where members can have wraps, 
parcels, satchels, etc., checked free of charge. 

INFORMATION DEPARTMENT. 

At this department members will be furnished with such infor- 
mation as they may desire, among some of which will be the locat- 
ing of stores, manufactories, wholesale houses, banks, and all general 
information pertaining to the city. 

In the matter of location, etc., members will be furnished by 
this department with a memorandum giving full directions how to 
reach the points desired, giving the best and shortest lines of trans- 
portation, rates, etc., which will save much time and trouble. 

ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT. 

Here will be. furnished information pertaining to theatres, 
operas, museums, excursions on the lakes and the location of parks, 
and the various means of visiting the same, cost, etc. 

The manager in charge of this department is thoroughly 
posted on the location of seats in the various places of amusemeut 
in the city, and will select and engage seats for members in advance, 
order carriages, and other vehicles, giving legal rates for the same &c. 



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PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. 

Through this department members will be able to save suf- 
ficient in discounts to pay Membership fee. 

Before your arrival in Chicago, we will send you a card giving 
the names of the Houses which will give our members discounts; 
on this card will be the amount of discount allowed by each House. 
Members make their purchases the same as all customers; to get 
the discount, they present at this department the cash bills they 
receive with their goods, the Association will pay them their dis- 
count. For the convenience of members the cash bills can be 
presented for payment by members at our city office; by this plan 
you will get all the advantage of cash buyers and get the discount 
in addition. 

MAIL, TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND REGISTRA- 
TION DEPARTMENT. 

Members should be sure and have their mail and telegrams 
sent in care of the Association. By so doing, they can get them at 
this department at any time during the day, and when they return 
home the Association will see that their mail and telegrams are 
forwarded. Members will find a telephone at this department 
which they are entitled to the use of. 

There will be kept at this department a register, in which the 
names of all members will be entered under the head of each state 
and city. This will enable our members to find each other and be 
of much benefit. 

COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT. 

This department will be maintained at the Bureau of Accom- 
modations. Here members can enter their complaints in matters in 
which the Association is responsible, such as inattention at rooms, 
or incivility of employees, etc. 

LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 

This department is established in the interest of members. In 
a large city, persons are apt to meet with unexpected trouble, and 



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especially will this be the case during the term of Exposition. 
With the crowd will come the shrewdest and most unscrupulous 
adventurers and thieves. 

We guarantee through this department to protect our mem- 
bers, provided they use due diligence on their part. 

In case of robbery, accidents, or other trouble, members can 
telephone to headquarters and their case will be placed in the hands 
of this department, which will be looked after and prompt action 
taken. 

We do not hold out the inducement that this department will 
take up accident and other damage cases and fight them through 
the court, but, we will advise and take any immediate steps that 
may be necessary to protect members' rights, and will recommend 
competent counsel. 

THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT. 

We have not included railroad fare in our contracts, as at this 
early date it is impossible to give reliable rates; and we believe 
that by the adoption of the following plan we can benefit our mem- 
bers more than by attempting to give rates when contracts are 
made. 

This department our members will find to be one of great benefit 
in securing reduced rates when they are ready to visit the Expo- 
sition. The manager of this department will give special excursions 
every month, and where the membership will warrant it, oftener. 
These excursions will be given under our own management, and 
for the benefit of members only. They will not be run in the 
manner usual with excursions, but we shall carry out the same plan 
we do in our rooming accommodations. We shall require a notice 
of your intention to come on the excursion, and with the notice a 
draft for the amount of railroad fare. We guarantee no crowding. 
By the adoption of the above provisions, we will be enabled to 
secure the proper car service for our members, as we will know in 
advance how many are coming. 



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NOTICE IN ADVANCE. 

Members can see by adopting this system of requiring a notice 
in advance for accommodation is the only way by which we can 
positively guarantee members what we promise them. We are 
free to admit that the plan adopted by our competitors, of permit- 
ting members to come at any time, is very catchy, and, if practi- 
cable, would make it pleasant and agreeable for members to know 
that all they are required to do is to take a membership in any 
Association, come to Chicago any day they see fit, find employes of 
the Association waiting to take them to their rooms, etc. ; but, if 
you will give the matter a little thought, you will see that it is 
utterly impracticable. Say to-day two hundred may arrive, and 
to-morrow five thousand; how is it possible to know how many 
rooms to reserve, or how many employes to have at depot, and at 
what depot will we require the largest force ? If we did not require 
a notice and purchase of railroad tickets prior to the day of excur- 
sion, and sell tickets to everybody, we would be unable to guarantee 
good accommodations. 

Members will see, after a careful consideration of our plans, 
that we have adopted a system that will guarantee accommodations 
contracted. Members will have ample notice from this department 
of all excursions. This notice will be sent to all members, regard- 
less of notice requiring rooming accommodations. 

Members who have sent their notice for room will have the 
privilege of changing dates, provided it gives the fifteen days' time 
required in contract. 

Matters pertaining to railroad rates, routes, etc., should be 
addressed to the manager of the Railroad Department. 

GUIDES. 

The Association will maintain a guide department at the 
bureau of accommodations. Here will be found guides familiar with 
the various departments of the Exposition and all parts of the city 
and conversant with different languages. Guides will be furnished 



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through this department to individuals or to parties at reasonable 
rates. The Association guarantees the honesty and the reliability 
of all guides furnished by them. 

ROOM RENTING DEPARTMExNT. 

This department will be found at our city office during the 
Exposition, where will be kept a record showing all rooms that 
have not been allotted to members. Such rooms will be for rent 
to the public at prevailing rates, which will be much higher than 
prices made at this early date to our members. 

Parties desiring rooms can call at this department and secure 
same (provided we have them). There is no doubt some days we 
will have a surplus of rooms, as it is impossible to have an equal 
number of members come each day. 

By the adoption of the fifteen days room notice required of 
members, the Association is enabled to know many days ahead the 
number of rooms it will have to offer to the public. Parties can 
write or telegraph to the Association to find out about rooming 
accommodations, and if it has them, they will be reserved upon re- 
ceipt of money. The Association does not guarantee to furnish 
rooms to any but members, until paid for in advance. The only 
safe and sure way to secure rooms, is to become a member. 

THE VERY BEST CLASS OF ROOMS. 

Members can readily see that the Association must secure the 
very best class of rooms, as it must pay for rooms if occupied by 
members or not, and must have a class of rooms that can be rented 
to the public when not occupied by its members, which will often 
occur. The Association expects to get good prices for rooms 
rented to transients, and, to do this, must not only have good rooms, 
but well located. Hence self-interest, if no other motive, is suffi- 
cient guarantee that members will get the best class of rooms. 

Our rooms are contracted for long before the opening of the 
World's Columbian Exposition, our members getting the benefit of 
our system of leasing. 



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BANKING ACCOMMODATIONS. 

The Association will afford its members the privilege of doing 
their banking through it by receiving their deposits and cashing 
their drafts. The deposits can be withdrawn by checks at either 
our city office or Bureau of Accommodations. 

By permission we refer you to the Chicago Trust and Sav- 
ings Bank. 

DO NOT DELAY PROCURING YOUR MEMBER- 
SHIP. 

Under our plan of leasing rooms each member is individually 
interested in becoming a member at the earliest date possible. The 
Association increases its rooming accommodations in ratio with its 
increase in membership; the earlier the date of contracting for 
rooms the better the class and cheaper the rate. The Association 
gives its members rooms at the same price it pays for them, and 
also gives them the benefit of the rate they get the rooms at by 
making lease for the entire period of the Exposition. This feature 
alone will save members at least forty per cent, in price of rooms, 
hence persons should send in their applications early. 

. We- ask a careful cpnsideration of our plans, and respectfully 
request you to be one of us. 

WORLD'S FAIR TOURISTS' 
ACCOMMODATION ASSOCIATION. 



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Conditional Full MembersliiD Certificate. 



Chicago, III, 189 

This certifies that _ 

of the County of 

State of is entitled to the privileges of 

a Fall Member in the World's Fair Tourists' Aeeommodation 
Association, which consists of the service of the Association in 
securing rooming accommodations for the number of days to be speci- 
fied in rooming notice and at the price of dollars per day, 

also the use of the bureau of accommodations, consisting of Waiting, 
Writing, Check Rooms, Information, Entertainment, Purchasing ', 
Mail, Telegraph, Telephone, Registration, .Complaint, Legal, and 
Rail Road Departments. This certificate shall be null and void if 

the shall fail to mail the 

World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation Association the room 
notice fifteen days before the time, fixing the date the room will be 
required. Xotice shall state the number of days the room will be 
required, and be accompanied by draft on Chicago for the amount 
of room rent. The World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation As- 
sociation will mail a full paid 

membership certificate and receipt for room rent upon receipt of 
draft. 



Application for Full Membership. 



189. 



I make application for membership in the World's Faif 
Tourists* fleeommodation Association, on conditions named 
in conditional Full Membership Certificate. I desire rooming ac- 
commodations for at a cost of 

dollars per day for each -person. I hereby agree to give the Associ- 
ation not less than a 1 5 days notice of the date on which I shall 
require the room, stating in the room riotice the number of days I 
shall want the room, and sending with the room notice a draft on 
Chicago payable to the order of the Association, for the amount of 
room rent for the number of days specified. I have this day paid 

dollars in payment for full membership fee. 

Applicant. 

PC. Address 

Agt 



Room Notice. 



The World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation Association. 

Gentlemen: — 

1 shall require my room in Chicago as per my con- 
ditional certificate of membership, from 1 89 

to / 89 at. per day 

for a period of. _ days. Enclosed find draft on Chicago 

payable to your order... dollars, in full payment 

for room. 

Member. 



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Application for Limited Membership. 



-.. i8g 

/ make amplication for membership in the World's Fair T0UPiStS* 
flGCOmmOdatiOn flSSOGiatiOn, on conditions named in conditional Limit- 
ed Membership Certificate. 1 desire rooming accominodations 

at a cost of. dollars per day for 

each person. I hereby agree to give the Association not less than a is 
days notice of the date on which I shall require the room, stating in 
the room notice the number of days 1 shall want the room, and sending 
with the room notice a draft on Chicago payable to the order of the 
Association, for the amount of room rent for the number of days 

specified. I have this day paid dollars in pay- 
ment for limited membership fee, 

. Applicant. 

P.O. Address 

Agt. 



Receipt for Membership Fee. 

. : 189. 



Received from _ 

City State of 

the sum of... dollars inpayment of. 

membership fee in the World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation 
Association. 

Kotice: — Conditional certificate will be sent to you at once upon 
receipt of application. 

Must be countersigned by agent 

World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation Association. 
Agt. 



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Conditional Limited Membership Certificate. 



Chicago, III., i8g 



This certifies that 

of. ..the County of.. 



State of. is entitled to the -privileges of a Limited 

Member in the World's Fair Tourists' Accommodation Association, 

which consists of the service of the Association in securing rooming 
accommodations for the number of days to be specified in rooming notice 

and at the price of. dollars per day, also the use of the bureau 

of accommodations, consisting of Mail, Telegraph, Telephone, Regis- 
tration, Complaint, and Rail Road Departments. This certificate 

shall be null and void if the 

shall fail to mail the World^s Fair Tourists' Accommodation Associ- 
ation the roo?n notice, fifteen days before the time, fixing the date the 
room will be required, notice shall state the number of days the room 
will be required and be accompanied by draft on Chicago for the 
amount of room rent. The World' 's Fair Tourists' 1 Accommodation 

Association will mail a limited 

paid membership certificate and receipt for room reHt upon receipt 
of draft. 



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